Influence of External Forces on Educational Policy Formulation and Implementation in Tanzania

Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Pedagogy - School System, Educational and School Politics, grade: Tertiary level , University of Dodoma (University of Dodoma, College of Education), language: English, abstract: This paper examines the influence external forces on educational policies formulationand reforms in Tanzania. These forces include the international agendas, globalization,ideology adoption and international community donors. Data were collected throughdocumentary reviews. The study found that most of education policies and reforms inTanzania are external rather than internal influence. It was further noted that even theimplementation of these policies and reforms depend entirely on donors both financiallyand human resources. However, it is recognized that most of support from these forcesare oriented towards the quantitative improvement rather than quality enhancement. Thisstate of affair was found to affect the quality of education delivery negatively. Challengesfacing these policies and reforms were also addressed in this paper. The paper concludesthat, despite the quantitative policy achievements like the student enrolment expansion, itis important for the responsible to improve the primary and secondary schools quality ofeducation as well as to address the issues of corruption for the education allocated fundin particular.